Chapter 508 Extra (Six)

Rongjia County Lady was a ruthless person who could come to force a marriage.

In the past, the Xian Guogong Mansion was powerful, so she would have let it go. Now that the Xian Guogong Mansion is rotting in the mud, how could she continue to tolerate the Xian Guogong Lady.

Even the thing that tripped the Xian Guogong Lady was secretly arranged by Rongjia County Lady. Now she is serving the sick mother-in-law, which means that she is keeping her in a half-dead state.

She even put another drug in the soup that the Xian Guogong Lady drank. The illness of the Xian Guogong Lady became more and more serious, and soon she could not speak.

Xian Guogong Lady naturally noticed that something was wrong. She also wanted to complain to her adopted daughter when Qin Jingshu returned to her parents' home.

But she gestured several times, and Qin Jingshu looked as if she didn't understand. The adopted daughter still sent money home, but the benefits of this money did not fall on the Xian Guogong Lady.

Rongjia County Lady did not dare to really kill her mother-in-law. After all, without the Xian Guogong Lady, it was not convenient to ask Qin Jingshu for money to spend.

But soon, Rongjia County Lady found that the money was not enough to spend.

Because there was another person in the family who spent money like water, that is, Duke Xian.

Although Duke Xian's mansion was in decline, these people who had been pampered for many years had not changed their nature of spending money lavishly.

Duke Xian still maintained his hobbies, buying some paintings and calligraphy from time to time, buying some antiques, and even wanted to continue to keep guests.

Rongjia County Lady did not stop, bought a young concubine for her father-in-law, and made some changes in diet. Not long after, her father-in-law got a stroke, and he lay on the bed with her mother-in-law.

After her parents-in-law fell ill, Rongjia County Lady felt that life was getting better. She used the money she saved to buy two strong old women to serve the couple.

Qin Jingshu was not unaware of the mess of the Qin family, but on the one hand, her parents were not killed by Rongjia County Lady, and on the other hand, her parents looked like they really needed care, and she couldn't stand being chased for money all day long.

The Rongjia County Lady was easier to talk to than the old couple of the Qin family. Qin Jingshu would send them away with a fixed amount of silver every month, and would not bother her casually.

When Qin Jingshu's eldest son turned ten, although Qin Jing had never returned to the capital, he was promoted to a higher position in the northwest and had become a frontier official.

In fact, if the Qin family in the capital simply lived, they would not need Qin Jingshu's support at all, because Qin Jing would squeeze out silver from his teeth every year to support his family in the capital.

It's just that they were used to a good life, and they really didn't want to eat coarse food.

In the eleventh year of Qin Jing's official career in the northwest, the Duke of Xian and his wife finally couldn't bear it. After lying in bed for ten years, the couple died one after another.

After his parents died, Qin Jing could no longer be an official. He returned to the capital from the northwest with his family to attend the funeral. After three years of mourning, he did not return to the northwest after he was reinstated. Instead, he stayed in the capital as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and entered the cabinet again.

Although the Qin family had been in decline for many years, they relied on Qin Jing to barely return to the ranks of the top families in the capital.

When Qin Jing was fifty years old, because of his great achievements, Li Xuan conferred him the title of Duke of Xian and returned the old Duke of Xian Mansion to him.

Because he had faithfully implemented the decisions of the emperor and empress for many years, no matter how outrageous they were, he never questioned them. Qin Jing was also listed as a model of "no doubt between the monarch and his subjects" in later history books.

The emperor and his wife also had no doubts for life.

The emperor and his wife had been married for many years and had no children. Not only did the emperor not vent his anger on the queen, but he went against the public opinion and made a "two saints in the court".

This move caused an uproar in the court at the time. Even Gu Mingda, the father-in-law of the country, was attacked by other officials in the court and accused of having a rebellious heart.

But the huge pressure of almost being enemies all over the world was all resisted by Gu Mingda and his daughter.

After three days of quarreling in the court, when the emperor and empress went to court again, they walked up to the throne from the main gate in front of all the civil and military officials.

The emperor even helped his wife to sit down first, and then he sat down himself.

With such an attitude, all the civil and military officials in the court were immediately disheartened.

After the empress came to court, there was a new voice in the court, and even the imperial examination system that had been implemented for hundreds of years faced new changes.

"Science? Physics? Chemistry? What are these? I have read the books of sages for decades, but I have never heard of these words!" The old man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. He firmly disagreed with adding these subjects to the imperial examination.

The empress just smiled, and immediately a middle-aged woman in a female official's uniform walked in.

When the emperor and empress got married, the empress insisted on bringing Shuying into the palace. Gu Mingda was still worried at the time, fearing that the crazy girl would go crazy in the palace.

But he didn't expect that after returning to the palace, the crazy girl's mental state seemed to be much more stable, and new inventions appeared every now and then.

She even wrote a few textbooks, which were the subjects that were to be added to the imperial examination.

The crazy girl was wearing a female official's uniform, and Gu Mingda felt uncomfortable no matter how many times he saw it.

She had a tray in her hand, and on the tray was a model of a carriage, which was probably only as big as a tea can.

There was a short candle on the tail of the carriage.

In front of the civil and military officials in the court, the crazy girl had no fear on her face, and she stretched out her hand to light the candle.

"What is this for?"

"What exactly is this female official here for?"

The court ministers were talking about it. They didn't know what the crazy girl was going to do, but the emperor and empress above didn't say anything, so they didn't dare to stop her.

But they didn't wait too long.

Because the candle only burned for half a minute, the miniature carriage started to move without any warning.

The speed is getting faster and faster, as if someone is dragging me forward.

"Why did the carriage move on its own?"

"This, this, this... is there a ghost?"

"Protect Your Majesty and Your Majesty!"

The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were in chaos.

The emperor glanced at the queen, who smiled and said, "My lords, please don't panic. Lady Shuying will explain to everyone why this carriage can move later."

Shuying raised the corner of her mouth and explained to everyone present what "steam" was and what "science" was.

Most of the people present were smart people. Except for a few old stubborns, most people understood the principle of automatic carriage without wind.

But some people still have doubts: "Your Majesty, Madam, even if the carriage can move on its own, what's the use?"

Shuying said: "If a small car can move, so can a large car. With such a fast speed, it is no longer difficult to travel thousands of miles a day. Maybe in the future, if there is a battle at the border today, the battle report will be sent to the capital tomorrow."

"Besides, the power brought by steam can be used on cars, can't it be used on other things?"